Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron to shoot movie in Pa.

The Pittsburgh Film Office and the production company, 2929 Entertainment, say “The Road” will shoot in the region for eight weeks starting in late February. Filming also will take place in Oregon and Louisiana.

“The Road” is based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in a post-apocalyptic America. The film also stars Australian actor Guy Pearce.

Theron won an Oscar for the film “Monster.” Mortensen appeared in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy and was seen most recently as a Russian mobster in “Eastern Promises.”